Tea: Nil Nor by Mariage Fréres
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stonepicnicking_okapiSo this is the last of the fancy teas from Mariage Fréres that the boys' father brought back from Paris ages ago. This one is called Nil Noir.
So it's a black tea scented with citrus and citronella. The fragrance is so strong you can smell it across the room, and the citronella, of course, makes me thing it's keeping the mosquitos away. I might drink it if, you know, all the Earl Grey in the world was somehow obliterated. But, yeah, I don't like it. But that's nothing new. I wish my palate were more sophisticated, but it isn't. I shan't ask for any more gift tins. My mind wants to like them, but my tongue says 'Yuk.'
But like the other two tins which made their ways into fics (Yunnan Imperial and Kept), this one will be featured in Relic Song, my upcoming Bertie Wooster goes to Egypt fic. It tastes like what I imagine Lem-sip to taste like, some kind of medicinal tea for respiratory diseases.
So it's a black tea scented with citrus and citronella. The fragrance is so strong you can smell it across the room, and the citronella, of course, makes me thing it's keeping the mosquitos away. I might drink it if, you know, all the Earl Grey in the world was somehow obliterated. But, yeah, I don't like it. But that's nothing new. I wish my palate were more sophisticated, but it isn't. I shan't ask for any more gift tins. My mind wants to like them, but my tongue says 'Yuk.'
But like the other two tins which made their ways into fics (Yunnan Imperial and Kept), this one will be featured in Relic Song, my upcoming Bertie Wooster goes to Egypt fic. It tastes like what I imagine Lem-sip to taste like, some kind of medicinal tea for respiratory diseases.
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